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21 December 2008
File:Toxoplasma gondii 2.jpg
Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Toxoplasma
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File:Isospora felis unsporulated.jpg
Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
File:Isospora felis sporulated.jpg
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Coccidia
Coccidia of Sheep
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File:Giardia cyst.jpg
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Giardia
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File:Cryptosporidium parvum.jpg
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Cryptosporidium
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Protozoa
Useful Resources
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Parasites
References
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Parasites
References
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Parasites
References
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Protozoa
Useful Resources
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File:Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.jpg
Sarcocystis neurona stages and lesions. (A). Cross section of spinal cord of horse with focal areas of discoloration (arrows) indicative of necrosis. Unstained. (B). Section of spinal cord of a horse with severe EPM. Necrosis, and a heavily infected neu
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Sarcocystis
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File:Sarcocystis in sheep oesophagus.jpg
Adam Cuerden Sarcocystis in a sheep oesophagus. Photograph taken from teaching slides at the University of Edinburgh. The cyst is approximately 4mm across. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcocystis_in_sheep_oesophagus2.JPG
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Sarcocystis
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File:Toxoplasma Tacchyzoites.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toxoplasma_gondii_tachy.jpg Description: "Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites, stained with Giemsa, from a smear of peritoneal fluid obtained from a mouse inoculated with T. gondii. Tachyzoites are typically crescent shap
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Toxoplasma
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File:Toxoplasma sporulated oocyst.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T._gondii_sporulated_oocyst,_differential_interference_contrast_(DIC),_100%C3%97..jpg Toxoplasma gondii sporulated oocyst, differential interference contrast (DIC), 100×.
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Toxoplasma
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File:Toxoplasma gondii.jpg
Source: http://pathogens.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=cover-legend&volume=2&issue=2 Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular human parasite, has a unique cytoskeletal apparatus that is probably used for invading host cells and for parasite repl
Tissue cyst-forming coccidia
Toxoplasma
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Giardia
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Crustacea
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18 December 2008
17 December 2008
Leishmania
Leishmania
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Leishmania
Trypanosoma
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Protozoa
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Protozoa
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6 December 2008
File:Haematobia irritans.jpg
Scott Bauer Wikimedia Commons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Horn_flies.jpg
File:Stomoxys calcitrans.jpg
A sarcophagid fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)[Misidentified as Stomoxys in the title!]. Picture taken in Elena Gallegos Picnic Area (see map), Albuquerque, New Mexico with 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens in bright sunlight from the top left, a
5 December 2008
Parasites
References
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Protozoa
Useful Resources
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File:Theileria cervi.jpg
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File:Theileria cervi.jpg
peripheral blood smear from a white-tailed deer with Theileria cervi. Arrowheads denote piroplasms in erythrocytes, while the arrow indicates basophilic stippling. Drs. Elizabeth Howerth and Bruce LeRoy, Department of Pathology, UGA College of Veterinar
Piroplasmida
Theileria
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Piroplasmida
Theileria
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30 November 2008
File:Tick pic.jpg
Image of Deer Tick Ixodes scapularis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Deertick.jpg
Arachnida
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Ticks
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File:Engorged Ixodes scapularis.jpg
Thomas Hedden Ixodes scapularis (deer tick, black-legged tick), engorged after a blood meal. Removed from an adult human in Eastern Massachusetts in the Spring of 2007 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ixodes_scapularis_engorged.png Wikimedia Com
Ticks
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Ticks
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File:Ticks mating.jpg
This is a male Ixodes ricinus tick (smaller) shown copulating with a female tick (larger). I. ricinus, the "castor bean" tick, so called because of its resemblance to the castor bean, is a vector for the B. burgdorferi spirochete, the cause of Lyme diseas
Ticks
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File:Deer tick.jpg
Scott Bauer Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Adult_deer_tick(cropped).jpg
Ticks
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Insecta Flashcards
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